Maryann Placer

The Maryann Placer is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Maryann Placer
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2429 Is Nearby

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Red Butte District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: International Trade And Investments; Furies Mining Corp
Years: 1981 - 1984

Owner Name: International Trade And Investments
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2429 OF CALCINE DUMP FROM RETORT AT DONNA SCHEE SPRING CONTAINS 15 % FE, 1 % MG, 10 % CA, 0.5 % TI, 500 PPM- MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 200 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 15 PPM CO, 100 PPM C-R, 100 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 50 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 20-0 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, 150 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Location): 1/2 MILE UPSTREAM OF DONNA SCHEE SPRING

Comment (Production): UNKNOWN AMOUNT

Comment (Development): ACTIVE PLACER MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS. LISTED AS ACTIVE CONTINUOUSLY 1980-1984 WITH 6 PERSONS EMPLOYED IN 1983 BUT NONE IN 1984. FIELD EXAMINATION IN 1-984 REVEALED NO CURRENT ACTIVITY, BUT LOTS OF EXCAVATION, META-L BUILDING 40FT BY 24 FT-FAIRLY NEW, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, A-S WELL AS A WOOD BUILDING IN ONE OF THE PITS- A MILL SITE, AND- A ONE-PIPE ROSSI RETORT OFF THE ROAD BELOW THE METAL BUILDING-, AND A FEW 10'S OF LBS OF ROCK HAD BEEN RUN THROUGH IT.

Comment (Workings): PITS, BENCHES, TRENCHES

Comment (Deposit): LISTED AS AN ACTIVE PLACER GOLD MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS IN AN OPEN PIT MINE AND GRAVITY CONCENTRATION MILL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE ACTIVITIES DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980. ALSO DIRECTORIES FOR 1981, 1982, 1983, AND 1984.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B, 20 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, (1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B. AND PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG MAP 84.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.